Thursday, 9 July 2015

Films for Thoughts on Thursday: Pitch Perfect 2

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Pitch Perfect 2

I still remember the first time I saw Pitch Perfect, me and my mum were having a day out together and decided to go see a movie. It was the only movie that sounded even slightly appealing and the trailer had me eager to see it. But I honestly didn't know what to expect from it, I had no idea if it was going to be a huge disappointment, just okay or a new favourite. But my mother and I both absolutely loved it and had such a fun time watching it. We laughed so hard it hurt, we sang along with the awesome tunes and we left wanting to go back in and watch it all over again. So maybe it seems weird that the announcement of a sequel had me way more nervous than it did excited. I just worried that it would be another sequel that didn't live up to my expectations, another sequel that just ended up disappointing.

I can't even begin to describe how shocked I was to find that I ended up absolutely loving this one. I loved it so much that I felt it was almost as good as, if not better in some ways, to Pitch Perfect. My mother preferred Pitch Perfect 2, I think because it had her laughing a lot more than the first did, which is saying something as we laughed so much at the first film. Her vote has been cast, but I am still undecided about which movie I prefer, I will have to decide after a rewatch of both back to back once the DVD is released.Pitch Perfect 2 follows the Bellas as they recover from a disastrous performance in front of the President, that sees them suspended from performing in a capella shows. Beca strikes a deal that if the girls can win the A Capella World tournament then they can be reinstated. So we follow them as they get ready to take on this challenge and gain new members to the Bellas. Plus it has the addition of the hilarious German a capella group Das Sound Machine, who provide so many of the laughs in this film.

Whilst at times this could feel like it was trying a little too hard to get laughs and was recycling gags from the first movie, I thoroughly enjoyed this film and am so pleased they did a sequel. It had a solid plot and doesn't feel like they just quickly came up with whatever they could in order to get a sequel out and cash in on the first films popularity. This film has a whole host of new characters, plus all my old favourites as well as fantastic musical numbers that will have you wanting to sing along as you watch!

I really loved the addition of Hailee Steinfeld as Emily, whose mother used to be a Bella. I never knew that girl could sing and she has a wonderful voice. Although, if I am honest, I didn't like the fact that this movie seemed to be passing the torch onto her. It felt like they were trying to pass the torch onto her, and a younger generation of Bellas. Whilst that does make sense, I don't think I would want to watch a movie that just followed her and new characters and didn't have Beca in the lead, I rather love Beca. So I was pleased when it was recently announced that Pitch Perfect 3 will happen and Anna Kendrick and Rebel Wilson are both signed on for it. YAY!!!

8/10 Butterflies

If you enjoyed Pitch Perfect then I really see no reason why you wouldn't love the sequel. If you haven't seen the first movie then clearly there is something wrong with you. Go do that and then go and see the sequel already!!! This was funny, entertaining and packed full of fabulous musical numbers!

YAY! I've blogged so much this week that I actually have posts for this!!!

I really liked Hailee's character too! I still think I preferred the first movie, just because there was too much Bumper and Fat Amy in this one and the time spent on them could've been spent on Jesse and Beca or other Bellas-related plots.

I personally preferred the first one to the sequel. Mostly because I feel like this one tried too hard to be more. Which doesn't make a lot of sense because of course we all wanted more! The thing that I really enjoyed about this one was definitely Das Sound Machine. They made the movie for me. I'm so glad you said that Anna Kendrick and Rebel Wilson are going to be in the third one because last time I looked, it didn't really have anyone attached and I REALLY disliked the addition of Hailee Steinfelds character. I found her irritating and I don't know if I could take a whole movie with her. I also preferred the finale song in the first one but that's just me. Gah! This is making me want to watch it. I loved the riff-off thing in the second movie though. Although I'm pretty sure it wasn't called a riff-off this time haha.

I think my one other grevence with this film was, despite the fact that they have people in the cast who legitimately write songs (Ester Dean who plays Cynthia-Rose has co-written a whole bunch of songs), they picked a song that is in the charts at the moment as their original song. Why didn't the just write an original song? I'm not actually sure why this annoys me so much haha.

Yes, I definitely felt like it tried a little too hard, but I think I knew that would be the case going in. I knew they would push it more with the sequel. I am so happy Anna Kendrick is signed on for a third, I knew Rebel Wilson was for quite some time but I really wanted Anna to sign on for the next one too.

They did write an original song. They wrote the song and then got Jessie J to release it as a soundtrack song in order to get it in the charts... but it was a song originally wrote for the movie and it's soundtrack.

Pitch Perfect is life! I'm not sure if 2 was as good as 1, but it doesn't mean I didn't love it. Honestly they could continue to make sequels and I would see them no matter what. I thought they did try a little hard with Rebel Wilson. Like she's hilarious, but a few times it was just meh. Das Sound Machine were the break out stars. Sooooo funny. Happy reading!Brittany @ This is the Story of My(Reading) Life

Pitch Perfect 2 was loads of fun and definitely had the laughs, but I still enjoyed the first one better. Not sure what it is exactly but overall I just liked that story line better. But seriously, anything with Rebel Wilson is going to make me laugh. :)

I am glad you could like this one so much! Seeing the trailer I actually did expect it to be a recycled version of the first movie which I recently rewatched in anticipation of this one. I am going to see this one soon, and I feel like now I can be a bit more excited to know the plot is solid and it is its own movie as well!

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